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el⋅lip⋅soid

  [i-lip-soid]
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–noun
1. Geometry. a solid figure all plane sections of which are ellipses or circles. Typical equation: (x2/a2) + (y2/b2) + (z2/c2) = 1.
–adjective
2. ellipsoidal.
Origin:
1715–25; < F ellipsoïde. See ellipse, -oid
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el·lip·soid   (ĭ-lĭp'soid')   


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n.  A geometric surface, all of whose plane sections are either ellipses or circles.
el·lip'soid', el·lip'soi'dal (ĭ-lĭp'soid'l, ěl'ĭp-, ē'lĭp-) adj.
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ellipsoid   (ĭ-lĭp'soid')  Pronunciation Key 
A three-dimensional geometric figure resembling a flattened sphere. Any cross section of an ellipsoid is an ellipse or circle. An ellipsoid is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes.
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ellipsoid

closed surface of which all plane cross sections are either ellipses or circles. An ellipsoid is symmetrical about three mutually perpendicular axes that intersect at the centre

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